Accident · 1990-01-24

NTSB case CHI90DET03 · PTERODACTYL ASCENDER II+2 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1990-01-24
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: PTERODACTYL ASCENDER II+2 (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: MACMILLEN, JAMES W. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): MACMILLEN, JAMES W.

Probable cause

IN-FLIGHT STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR.

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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